MUNICH – For a recent tour featuring electronic/rap artist Marteria, LD Tjorre Hasubski used 42 fixtures from Clay Paky in the lighting rig, including 22 Alpha Spot QWO 800s and 20 Clay Paky Sharpys. They were controlled by a full-size grandMA2 and grandMA2 light console along with one VPU basic MK2 and two 12 x 2.3 kVA digital dimmers, all from MA Lighting.
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LEICESTER, U.K. – Kasabian’s homecoming concert here recently featured a lighting design by Renegade Design LD Nick Gray. The event, which drew 50,000 to Victoria Park, supported the band’s latest album, 48:13. Gray collaborated with Kasabian creative director/show designer Aitor Throup on the project, which included more than 500 lighting fixtures and an elaborate video setup.
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LOS ANGELES – The 20th annual E3 convention for the video game industry took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center here June 10-12, and Microsoft held an elaborate press briefing for its Xbox gaming systems just before the event, June 9, at the Galen Center here. The design team for Microsoft’s Xbox visuals, which used video gear from Chaos Visual Productions, also relied upon a Chaos-supplied d3 setup for visual management. Along with five d3 4U v2.5 units (1 master, 2 slaves, 2 understudies), Chaos provided nine 30K Christie projector (6 active) and three 9mm Winvision LED walls for the event. The design team credited the d3 setup for helping the elaborate visual elements come together within a five-day time frame.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Absen’s U.S. operation, based here, named Media Visions as its distribution partner for the China-based company’s rental and staging products. Media Visions, which will handle Absen products in the Southeast U.S., joins previously appointed Absen distributors LED3 (Northeast U.S.) and Matrix Visual Solutions (Western U.S.).
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CHISINAU, Moldova – The fifth annual “Orange Music White Night” electronic music extravaganza took place May 17 at the Manej Sport Arena here. It featured headlining DJ Andrew Rayel, a trance music standout. LD Ivasco Stefan (IvasArt) used 20 D.T.S. Raptor fixtures to meet the event’s lighting requirements.
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PORT ORANGE, FL — TAF USA named Trevor Perrott sales manager at the company’s facilities here. Perrott, who brings an engineering background to the position, will overlook the sales transactions and maintain relationships with TAF’s customers in North and South America.
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PR Lighting’s XR 330 discharge Spot (PR-2350) uses an Osram Sirius HRI 330W XL lamp, with color temperature of 7500K. Power consumption is just 450W@220V. The fixture offers smooth CYM color mixing with macro, a color wheel with 14 colors (plus white), which provides variable, bi-directional rainbow effect, with step/linear color changing.
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CASA GRANDE, AZ – When Sun Valley Community Church, based here, made the jump from SD to HD production in its Gilbert, AZ campus three years ago, the church’s technical crew began using FOR-A’s HVS-300HS video switcher. Last September, when the church was faced with the decision of purchasing a new switcher for its nearby location in Tempe, they opted for another FOR-A switcher– the HVS-XT100.
Read More »GLENDALE, CA — For Dierks Bentley’s 2014 Riser Tour, LD Chris Reade is using Martin’s MAC 2000 Wash, MAC 700 Profile, MAC Viper Profile, MAC Aura and MAC Quantum, all provided by Rod “Red” Gibson of Christie Lites. The Lighting Crew Chief is Marc “Chainsaw” Wuchter and the Production Designer is Bruce Rodgers of Tribe, Inc.
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LONDON – Stage Electrics supported The Roof, an elaborate outdoor production produced by Fuel Theatre, with a lighting gear package that included tMartin MAC Viper Performances housed in waterproof, inflatable domes as well as Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes, PAR 64s, Chauvet COLORado LED Pars, Showtec LED ARC Bars, Thomas MR16 battens and JEM ZR44 Smoke Machines, along with a complete rigging & power solution.
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LONDON – White Light supplied lighting solutions and production support for The Seekers arena tour to the UK. The lighting package included a mixture of conventional and automated fixtures – including ETC Source 4 profiles and Martin Professional Mac 700s – along with power distribution, drapes, and cyclorama, all supplied by White Light. The show toured with a grandMA console for programming and show control. LD Simon Tutchener opted for an uncluttered stage, simple backdrop, and subtle colors to accompany The Seekers’ pop melodies.